Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191007
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 15:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 166 2-Core 331 108% 198 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 1,054 104% 852 Pts	64-Core 1,386 86% 1,386 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1581 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 95% 115 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 85.7 78% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1366 314 316 314 315 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,513 Mixed 899 SusWrite 490 270% 1,217 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55.8 218% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,065 DQ Write 737 DQ Mixed 171 325% 658 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 130 131 121 129 133 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 64.6 SusWrite 128 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 90%
SanDisk Cruzer U 16GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 11GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 25 Write 4.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 5.6 9% 9.32 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.6 162% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 26 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 32.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 112%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) - $320

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	2,926x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	267x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	867x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	356x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	262x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	274x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	191x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	180x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	334x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	193x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	70x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $1,260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16